They have certainly made mistakes in the past (health clinics move people 50 miles to receive treatment for AIDS and send them back to die for diarrhea because their focus is too narrow).
The question I'm interested in is if they have improved and learned.
The problem is that there is not enough information for outsiders to analyze them and scrutinize the result. Gates may spend his money inefficiently because he can't get the data he needs. They should use open data and be open to criticism to improve.
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They have certainly made mistakes in the past (health clinics move people 50 miles to receive treatment for AIDS and send them back to die for diarrhea because their focus is too narrow).
The question I'm interested in is if they have improved and learned.
The problem is that there is not enough information for outsiders to analyze them and scrutinize the result. Gates may spend his money inefficiently because he can't get the data he needs. They should use open data and be open to criticism to improve.